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Saturday, November 28, 2009

*Dravid holds the world record for being the first (and only) non-wicketkeeper to take 200 catches in Test cricket. *Dravid was the 2nd cricketer to cross 13,000 test runs mark.

*Has been involved in the most century partnerships in Test history - 85.

*Scored nearly 23% of the total runs put up by India (with a batting average of 102.84) in the 21 Test matches won under Ganguly's captaincy. This is the highest percentage contribution by any batsman in Test cricket history in matches won under a single captain where the captain has won more than 20 Tests.*2nd longest streak of consecutive Tests since debut (93 + 1 in ICC XI) missed 95th test at Ahmedabad due to fever, behind Adam Gilchrist (96).*Only player to score a century against every Test playing nation away from home.*Involved in highest partnership made away from home for any wicket for India with vice captain Virender Sehwag of 410 runs vs Pakistan at Lahore in 2006 (also, the highest partnership between a captain and the vice captain). Only Pankaj Roy and Vinoo Mankad have scored more runs in a partnership for India, 413 vs New Zealand in Chennai (6-11 Jan 1956).*Dravid is one among the only three batsmen to hit Test centuries in four consecutive innings. The other two are Jack Fingleton and Alan Melville. Dravid achieved this by hitting scores of 115, 148, 217 and 100* in three successive matches against England and one against the West Indies. Only Everton Weekes, with centuries in five consecutive innings, has achieved a longer sequence of consecutive Test hundreds.*With scores of 50 or more in 7 consecutive Tests Dravid is behind only to Tendulkar (8) and Gambhir (11) among Indian batsmen. Gambhir and Viv Richards hold the world record with 11.*He is currently 2nd among batsmen who have scored most away runs in Tests (6430 as of April 2009). Only Sachin Tendulkar (7165) has scored more away Test runs.

*He has played 150 innings of 94 tests at number 3. He has scored more than 8000 runs at this position. Both feats are world records.

*2nd Indian batsman to score twin hundreds in a Test twice, after Sunil Gavaskar. Gavaskar and Ponting are the only batsmen to score twin hundreds in a Test thrice.

*One of only three Indians to score 5 double hundreds.(each bigger than the previous 200* vs Zimbabwe, 217 vs England, 222 vs New Zealand, 233 vs Australia, 270 vs Pakistan). In fact, along with Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar, he is one of only three Indians to score 190+ on seven occasions.

*Partnering with Tendulkar, has scored more runs than any other pair, excluding opening pairs. They are the 3rd best in terms of total number of partnership runs scored by a pair in test cricket.

*Dravid has faced highest number of deliveries in test cricket, 31258 to be precise.*2nd highest number of fifties in test cricket after (63).*Rahul Dravid is the third batsman in the world after compatriot Sachin Tendulkar and Australia's Ricky Ponting to reach the 12000-run milestone in test cricket.

104 comments:

Don't say he is best...because best is not suitable for him.he is great, i can say he is god of mine.and i am still searching for new good words to define him self.thanks for sharing your views and though about dravid.

man for all seasons-technically correct,graceful and aware of what his teams needs.never a dull moment when he is at the crease when even a defensive shot makes us marvell at his technique.Unique in his catching ability and unflappable at the crease-he has helped many captains win matches with his fantastic contributions -god bless our GOD

thanks for sharing Rahul'greatness.i wonder howmany of us realize that he is truelly the one cricketer for india who doesn't care about himself.i don't know if anybody could have refused the captaincy at that time and these stupid dhony and all they think he is not good enough for ODIs why not because he forgets that howmany he has got for himself before taking risk for india which Dhony never even if he is batting with Harbhajan and tailenders if he hasn't got a 40 he will not get out.anyway who wants your wicket in ODI if you are not playing for a win.i can't stop myself hurting seeing the position of dhony and rahul in indian cricket.

Rahul Dravid is one of the greatest cricketers in the world.I love his unique style of playing his power of concentration and his modesty as well. He is my "inspiration".He is my "EVERGREEN HERO".he is the GREAT WALL OF INDIAN CRICKET.I have full faith in him and his ability and I am sure that if he retuns back in the Odi team he will just rock just like he used to do before(still doing in Test cricket) and will silence his critics.you can never denigh his contribution.He is the pride of India and my support is always there with him.the more I see him respect for him in my heart increases.........Reshmi.

he is the best,in my opinion he is not a god gifted cricketer but he by his sincere efforts,determination and outstanding commitment has risen above everybody and that makes him worth of our praises for him

rahul is great ever and forever..thnks for sharing such records of a great legend mr.wall...i love his way of batting and way of performing in field...i think no body can play like rahul in critical situation...he is cool batsman in the world....he is dependable...he is such a great player as contributing his life to cricket...

Rahul dravid is the great nplayer in the world. He has a great brain for playing the classical bating and attacking batting. Rahul is the great super star for the team India.Dravid is the wall for Indian cricket team. RAHUL SARASWAT

eventhough sachin scored most runs in all forms of cricket .......dravid is d man who scored most runs than sachin for india on most of d winning occassions...........HE IS THE FIRST AND LAST STYLISH PLAYER IN THE WORLD THE GAME HAS EVER SEEN nd also d important thing is so passionate about d game......... hats off to his commitment nd his role in d history of indian cricket......

He is a person who will walk on the broken glasses if his team asks him to.......really hands up for this great person.....most reliable player in both format of cricket.....but still out of the team...Really this is disappointing for player LIKE RAHUL.."THE WALL"..DRAVID. ---SUSANT,ORISSA

rahul dravid is really d wall of india and MR. DEPENDABLE for indian team , no words to say about rahul dravid, he is really great great and very stlish indian player and he is very cool also, i love him very much. actually speaking govt should honour him with "BHARAT RATNA", no more words to say about rahul dravid, he is d great great great-------

rahul is best ever cricketer in the world.no one match him in commitment , concentration and technique. i m diehard fan of him. i m really heartened by his criticism. i want him to play alltime. the great indian hero "RAHUL DRAVID".i love u.dr. ritesh yadav

not just his cricket...look at his persona off the field...great guy...text book in himself on how to play on foreign wickets where our flat-pitch-ipl-bullies shiver the moment the ball starts talking...also the most selfless cricketer we could ever see on the pitch agian....

Many innings composed (yes this RD composes innings) have actualy ended up composing a victory when the team had its back to the wall.

RD's batting demonstrates application of defensive techniques and abundant patience to wait for the right delivery to smack eventually putting the team in an aggressive position(defensively).

The Defensive RD Dares to take any risk in team's interest. best eg. Possibly only RD would have agreed to keep wickets in a World Cup tournament enablng team to accomodate one more batsman.Most accomplished batsman would have refused an additional role and what more critics and fans would have supported the deciscion.

India reached the finals of that world cup without plating a regular wicketkeeper thus making room for an additional batsman.

Salute to yet another composition by RD at the Eden Garden on 14/11/11.

RD already is a role model. And not just for young and upcomming cricketers.

Infact any youngster aspiring to take up any sport must emulate The Atittude of This Wall!

According to me Rahul dravid one of best player in India,,bcoz whenever he got chance to like middle order,top order he is only one player who manage the situation,,,,he is d wall of our country,,he made many record for our county,,,he is my favorite player in all over the world,,,,,i miss u dravid

rahul dravid is a player who can play when others failed.we have seen a lot many times, for example england tour of 2011.he is the only player scoring three centuries at a very attacking situation.so he is the best of bests.

i have learnt a lot from rahul dravid & always have a dream to meet him, he is even bigger than sachin,laxman & ganguly and i always want to say him that "do not quit cricket as there are so many fans like me to see great efforts by you" ,iam RACHIT YOUR BIGGEST FAN

rahul is best ever cricketer in the world. no one match him in commitment , concentration and technique. i m diehard fan of him. i m really heartened by his criticism. i want him to play alltime. the great indian hero "RAHUL DRAVID".i love u.says...........Nazeer

when i heard about the news that Rahul Dravid is retiring from test cricket i started crying, because i am the big fan of Rahul Dravid and my icon player and role model to the young players by his bating and by his discipline and respect to the cricket.

rahul dravid is the emperor of the cricket world. sachin is oly king but rahul dravid is the ever great emperor of the cricket world. he faced the highest number of deliveries in cricket historyy. the real meaning of cricket is to face and play balls with out getting out. in that reason also he is the all time greattttt.he is the legend of the legends and the real legend of cricket. he bought a complete meaning to the name cricket. cricketers like vivian richards,bian lara,sachin tendulkar,kapil dev are also students of the geart rahul dravid batting technique. they stands only next to rahul dravid. he create a record in making records. in cricket rahul dravid is only one and any one cannot even stand beside him. he is ever greatttttttttttttttttttttttttt.

Rahul Dravid ( मराठी : राहुल शरद द्रविड ); (born 11 January 1973) is a former Indian cricketer, who captained the national Test and One Day International (ODI) teams. Born in a Marathi family, he started playing cricket at the age of 12 and later represented the state team at the under-15, under-17 and under-19 levels. Hailed as The Wall, Dravid has been described as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket.[1][2][3] He was named one of the best five cricketers of the year by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2000 and received the Player of the Year and the Test Player of the Year awards at the inaugural ICC awards ceremony in 2004.[4][5] In December 2011, he became the first non-Australian cricketer to address at the Bradman Oration in Canberra.[6]As of October 2012, Dravid is the third-highest run scorer in Test cricket, after Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting, and is only the second Indian cricketer, after Tendulkar to score 10,000 runs both in Tests and in ODIs.[7][8] Wisden ranked him the third greatest Test batsman of all time, after Don Bradman and Tendulkar. In April 2009, he became the only player to score a century in all the ten Test-playing countries.[9] As of October 2012, he holds the record for the most number of catches taken by a player (non-wicket-keeper) in Test cricket, with 210.[10]In August 2011, after receiving a surprise call in the ODI series against England, Dravid declared his retirement from ODIs as well as Twenty20 International (T20I), and in March 2012, he announced his retirement from international and first-class cricket. He appeared in the 2012 Indian Premier League as captain of the Rajasthan Royals.[11]Rahul Dravid, along with Glenn McGrath were honoured during the seventh annual Bradman Awards function in Sydney on 1 November 2012.[12] Dravid has also been honoured with the Padma Bhushan award, India's third highest civilian award.[13]